Informational Writing

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Watch this short video about Informational Writing before you write about your "Million Dollar Idea".

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  1. Hi, guys.
  2. Is Mrs Spradling here?
  3. And today we're gonna do lesson on informational writing.
  4. So informational writing is when you are the expert sharing,
  5. fax and information about a topic, for example, about the
  6. pet rock and how it became so popular.
  7. Another example might be a report about dogs or a
  8. report about a figure or historic person such as Abraham
  9. Lincoln. An informative text might also be, um, a paper
  10. essay about a place like Ireland Mexico.
  11. What we know is that an informative text is nonfiction.
  12. It's not a made up story.
  13. So you're giving information to your reader about a topic
  14. how to come up with a topic?
  15. Well, I've actually got a topic for you, but a
  16. few of her stuck on what to write.
  17. You can always think of things that perhaps you already
  18. know about something that you love something that you're interested
  19. in a passion on hobby.
  20. Those always good things to choose.
  21. If you are given an informative s, say that's not
  22. giving the topic.
  23. You have to pick your own than you might choose
  24. something that you like.
  25. Um, other things you could choose to write about with
  26. the things that you're curious about, or maybe something that
  27. you like to learn more about.
  28. Okay, if you're going to do some research and you're
  29. gonna borrow information from a website or another source, it's
  30. important to remember that you never want to actually use
  31. word for word with the other person set.
  32. No one to make sure that we're paraphrasing.
  33. This means we can't steal the author's words, what we
  34. need to put them into her own words.
  35. For example, the golden retriever is a popular disability assistance
  36. dogs for the deaf and blind.
  37. How could you turn that into the same information?
  38. But in a different way, you might say golden retrievers
  39. often help the deaf and blind, saying information got paraphrased.
  40. You put it into your own words.
  41. Now for your assignment today, remember that we read about
  42. the pet rock, so now you've got to come up
  43. with your own cool idea for a product.
  44. Using clear descriptions and details, you'll tell what your product
  45. is, how you would market and advertise it, and you'll
  46. also tell why people would want to use this product
  47. and explain what you do with the millions that you
  48. make just like the gentleman who came up with the
  49. idea for the pet rock.
  50. All right, guys, have a good time with this one.
  51. You know?
  52. You know, if you have any questions season.